Two Ways to Win a $50 eGift Card From Sephora!

WINNER: The giveaway is closed now, and the winner is CS! Congratulations, CS! If you entered but didn’t win this time around, keep trying, and click here to enter any ongoing giveaways before you jet. 🙂

Greetings, fellow makeup lover! I hope you’re doing well. 🙂

Not a lot happening out my way. I’m not sure where Tabs is right now (probably wreaking havoc somewhere), but I’m getting ready to run on the treadmill, then do some housecleaning (bluh), and then hopefully head to brunch.

Blueberry pancakes, here I come!

I also plan to rut around in my makeup collection to look for long-forgotten gems. Do you ever do that? I recently rediscovered some really great old-school hits that fell off my radarscreen, like Hourglass Exhibition (oh, hai!).

Got my fingers crossed that I find some more oldies but goodies to love anew.

Well, I don’t want to keep you. I know you have places to go, things to do and pets to assist, but don’t forget to enter this weekend’s Sephora $50 eCard giveaway. It only costs a comment and takes barely a minute or two (details down below).

What folks are saying…

“Hi Karen!!! Wow, that news definitely gets a hoo ray ray and an elephant!!! (I’ve maybe been watching too much Boardwalk Empire.) Thank you so much!!!”-Shana

“What a lovely surprise it was to see your announcement (after completing one of many exams/papers/projects I have this crazy week)! The eCard will definitely ease expenses for this broke, beauty-obsessed college student. Thank you, Karen and Tabs!!”-Katie

“Thanks so much, Karen. Just in case you were wondering what I got with it, I decided to go with the Clarisonic Mia–I’ve been wanting it for years now, but have never purchased it because of the price. Your eCard helped me finally buy it! I look forward to using it. Thanks again!”-Jane

“Shut the front door! OMG Karen, you have made my day. 🙂 I’m sick in bed with the flu and this has just cheered me up immensely!!!!!!!! BTW, I’m the one that sent you that pic of my pug in a wig a few weeks back LOL! Thanks again, honestly, I’m beyond giddy right now.”-Angel

“Thank you SO much Karen! OMG! Wishes really do come true! I can’t believe I won! You have no idea how much this will help me through the holidays. I’ve been an avid fan of your blog for the past two years. Your witty and creative entries, informative makeup information, and beautiful photos have kept me hooked. I look forward to more of it. Goodness, you’ve
seriously just made my week and it’s only Tuesday night!”-Zharlynne

“Oh my goodness! Thank you so much Karen (and Tabs, of course)! I really appreciate this! I’d been eyeing the Anastasia brow pencil in Strawburn to match my red hair!”-Chelsea (and Jiji the kitten and Quincy the bunny)

One (1) Sephora eGift card containing $50 sent to the winner by email (international readers, you may opt to receive $50 sent by PayPal instead).

There are two ways to enter, and you can do both of them for two chances to win. First, you can enter by leaving a comment at the bottom of this post, a comment about anything at all, like, what’s your current go-to eye shadow? Is there a scent that reminds you of a wonderful time in your life? What’s your favorite chick flick? You’re going to a potluck! — is there a dish you’d like to bring? Do you prefer wearing your hair up or down? Describe your warmest winter jacket. Liquid, pencil or gel eyeliner? What’s something you’d like to accomplish by summer? — you get the idea.

Second, you can enter by following me on Twitter @karenmbb and retweeting (RT) the following message:

Follow @karenmbb and RT to Win a $50 eGift Card from Sephora! http://bit.ly/Zqh8xh

The deadline to enter is Sunday, February 24, 2013 at 11:59PM (PT).

Entrants must enter using a valid email address and/or Twitter account to win.

A maximum of two (2) entries per person — one within the comments at the bottom of this post, and a second entry via Twitter addressed to me @karenmbb.

Contest is open to individuals of any country who have reached the age of majority according to their local laws (18 in the United States with these exceptions: Alabama and Nebraska, 19; Mississippi, 21).

Sephora eGift Certificates can only be redeemed online and are not valid in stores or available for purchase or redemption in Canada. International winners may opt to substitute the Sephora eGift card prize for $50 sent directly to their email address by PayPal instead.

Tabs and I (heretofore referred to as “T-Money and K-Dawg”) will select one (1) winner at random from the entries either left in the comments at the bottom of this blog post or addressed to @karenmbb on Twitter.

The winner will be announced here within 48 hours of the deadline.

Void where prohibited by law.

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

WINNER: The giveaway is closed now, and the winner is CS! Congratulations, CS! If you entered but didn’t win this time around, keep trying, and click here to enter any ongoing giveaways before you jet. 🙂

Two Ways to Win a $50 eGift Card From Sephora! / Originally published February 23rd, 2013

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Hi Karen, happy weekend! I have just fallen back in love with my Naked 2 palette, simple, classy and effortless. I like gel eyeliners but honestly I don’t have a lot of eyeliners of any kind in my make up collection. I like myself better with my hair down but when I don’t have to go out, I just put it up in a pony tail. And a goal I’d like to achieve by the summer is to lose some weight. My sister-in-law is getting remarried in July so I’d like to look pretty for her wedding.

If I won the gift certificate I would try out some stuff from Kat Von d’s line. I was skeptical cuz it seemed like the everyday celeb endorsed crud but I’ve seen too many great reviews to not see for mysel!

Hi Karen! I have found myself always going back to my MAC Blacktrack gel liner … I hate having to wash my angled eyeliner brush after each use, but I’ll do whatever it takes to get the perfect cat eye!

yay, another giveaway! i have usual the suspects in my make up caboodle and i’m a minimalist when it comes to make up. :/ but i just bought the hourglass ambient powder, in dim. i like it, but i’ve only used it once, so i don’t have a strong opinion right now.

I would LOVE to win. I don’t have any eye shadow right now because I have a VERY heavy hooded eye and tried it a few times and couldn’t get it to look right. I’ve watched a few good youtube videos and am ready to learn at 57 years old. LOL.
Susie

Today, I’m mostly performing my primary purpose in life, which is, according to my tabby, to be a self-heating adjustable cat bed with automatic ear scratching. She doesn’t even mind that I’m only wearing mascara and eyeliner!

Lately, ive been doing more tourtials on instagram and getting the hang of things on doing my makeup less dramatic but pretty cool.. It has helped me get some nice comments from everyone and that makes me happy!! My new thing right now is def some ubran decay eyeliner.. Im in love with how easy ad smooth it goes on! 🙂

I just discovered the Cynthia Rowley make up sponge, it’s kinda like the beauty blender and it is AH-MAY-ZING! I’ve been wanting the beauty blender for a while but really couldn’t justify spending $25 on a sponge.

My latest makeup obsession is Urban Decay’s Mushroom eye shadow. I might have to go out and buy it as a single (which is, of course, the perfect excuse to buy an empty palette and then you can’t just have a half full palette so you gotta pick out a few other colors to go with it… oh this slippery slope)

This week, I’ve been loving the Downtown Browns palette by Black Radiance. BR is owned by the same company as Wet N Wild, and this palette looks exactly like one of the WNW 8-pan palettes. The texture of the shadows is the same, too- soft, with lots of pigment! And just as inexpensive as WNW.

All the duos in that picture together are soooooo pretttyy. I’ve been using the TimeBalm neutral matte palette a lot lately. There’s a purpley grey in there that I never would have tried out on my own, but I’ve been using it nonstop as a smokey lid color.

Hi Karen,
I follow you on twitter and I think it’s so awesome that you tweeted instyle mag about the NARS picture. That’s an awesome pic! And I would get the hourglass powder if I won. Fingers crossed 🙂

I’m a huge fan of colorful looks, but I felt in love with neutrals since I bought my Naked palette from UD! I never thought I would become a neutral freak! Now I can live without nude and brown tones! The problem is that I tried a colorful makeup and… it didn’t come well. Am I loosing the skill to work with colors? 🙁

Ah, one more thing, that has nothing to do with I said before… You know that your Archie’s Girls’ review made me go crazy! Mostly about lipsticks! I got Betty Bright 😀 I would love if this collection come to Brazil! Until them, I’m gonna enjoy Apres Chic collection 😛

Drooling over those nars shadows. My go to eyeshadows are usually from the naked 2 pallet. My winter coat is a hoodie from hannah andersson. True romance reminds me of college. I use pencil liner most and gel for dressing up.

My warmest Winter jacket is my L.L.Bean Thinsulate parka that I got the first or second Winter I lived in Buffalo, NY. My ex went to college at SUNY Brockport for 4 years (which is about an hour away from Buffalo) and he swore by his L.L.Bean jacket, so I knew that’s what I wanted to make it through the freezing cold. It’s a dark plum, has a removable hood, and a bunch of pocket (so nice in a coat). Years later, when I started walking or taking the bus everywhere, I was SO GLAD I had that coat.

Go to shadows are Naked I and Naked II but I would like to start wearing moss green eyeshadows again. Favorite ‘chick flick’ of all times is ‘Persuasion’ with Ciaran Hinds as Captain Wentworth- soo romantic. Goal for summer: lose 20/25 pounds, which would put me at a perfect weight for me!

Recently discovered Nymphette Lipglass from MAC and absolutely love it! I actually have to thank you, Karen, for having a post about it, which led me to be intrigued and discovering the shade for myself! It is absolutely beautiful, and one of my most favorite lip glosses ever.

I love giveaways especially if it’s an ecard to Sephora! I’m about to make dinner for my sister and her boyfriend who should be coming over in about an hour. My husband will pick up keys to our new house tomorrow and we’ll be moving things throughout the week. I’m quite excited but sad to leave my apartment where my daughter took her first steps, we celebrated a few birthdays and triumphed through natural disasters. I also picked up 2 lipsticks from Maybelline Vivids in Shocking Coral and Pink Pop.Elaine recently posted … Get Ready With Me! [ Winter Edition ]

Well living in the Southern Hemisphere does not go well with makeup,let alone moisturizer.It just melts and runs down your face into your eyes .Hair has to be pinned up or you get even hotter.
Humidity is a woman’s worst beauty nightmare.

Pencil eyeliner always smudges on me and leaves me with raccoon eyes, or making me look like I’ve been punched in the eye. Liquid eyeliner lasts a long time for me, but sometimes it’s a bit too harsh and doesn’t look as natural. I love gel eyeliner because it looks most natural on me, but sadly, it doesn’t last as long as liquid. 🙁

Love the Nars eyeshadow photo! I re-discovered an oldie but goodie, MAC Powersurge eye pencil! I just have a teeny nub of a pencil left and has been overlooked in my eye pencil cup. I just love that bronze-y color!

Hey Karen!!
I’m coming home from deployment in a few days and I would love to have a chance to get new makeup… I haven’t worn any since I have been deployed and there is a special someone I want to impress!

My go to eyeshadow is the Naked palette by Urban Decay – I don’t think I rely on any one shade really, just the whole thing in general!
The scent of freesia takes me back to elementary & middle school. My best friend and I always were spraying the Bath&Body spray…we’d sit by my bedroom window year round, blaring my radio and trying to memorize lyrics, and the breeze coming in the window would make the whole room smell like the freesia we’d sprayed.Jay @ Wayfaring Beauty recently posted … Want a Kiss? Lac Attack Kiss Me Review & Swatches

Blueberry Pancakes!! I love blueberry anything!!!
Current Go-To Eyeshadow? I always reach for Maybelline’s Color Tattoo in Too Cool as a base. I love having my shadows pop!
The ~scent~ for me has to be.. I don’t know the name for it! For a hot, humid summer you smell it from a certain tree or plant. I smelled it all the time when I was a kid and I went to my relatives’ humongous house with their huge pool. 😀
MY FAVORITE CHICK FLICK has to be Sweet Home Alabama. Oohooh and While You Were Sleeping. 😀
I am going to bring my stained glass jello. You are all going to love it.
I’ve been wearing my hear up everyday. I need to cut it 🙁
My furry brown coat that’s so thick with (faux?) fur and warm enough to survive the English chill.
Gel eyeliner!! Aaah love that stuff.
I’d love to accomplish passing another exam for my actuarial career. Yaaay Financial Mathematics!

If I were going to a potluck, I’d probably bring some sort of dessert (I love baking) and maybe some sort of savory dish. Depending on the time of the meal (and the time of year, it could range from quiche to sweet potato salad 🙂

There is always so much pressure on me when you say to comment anything at all ;P I feel like my comment has to be spectacular or funny….but it just ends up being long 😛
Also my fave chick-flick is Pretty Woman!! Forever and ever!

I don’t really have a go-to eyeshadow at the moment. I like to use different palettes every week so that I get to use them all. Right now though I’m still learning how to properly curl my lashes. It was so scary the very first time I tried it but I think I’m getting better!

I am looking for a new foundation that is legitament in the fact that it actually can help clear acne, any ideas? I have tried and researched a lot but I am tired of spending money on products that end up not even working

I discovered the world of belly dancing and I am loving it. The costumes, the music, and of course the makeup!!!!!!!! I take in consideration your recommendations and apply them to my makeup!!!!! Thanx and keep on shimmy!!!!!!!!

Hey Hey, just found you on twitter and so happy to have! I am going to Sephora next week (45 min drive) I need to earn more points and am on the look out for the new eye shadows for Spring, I am wanting that new Turquoise color I’ve seen in magazine this month. Can’t wait to see whats new! Thanks for the chance to win!

A former next-door-neighbor made a potato casserole every year for our Fourth of July party. It’s unbelievably bad for you (it’s basically tater tots, sour cream, onion, corn flakes, and a lot of butter), but it’s so, so good! That’s usually what I bring.

Chanel quad in Mystic Eyes. A light shimmery pink, medium satin brown, dark matte brown, and light taupeish silver. I use it every day. I’m also a recent convert to the Clinique Chubby Stick eyesadows – so easy.
Please choose me! I need new concealer and a mineral powder brush!

I’m a new reader! I discovered your blog when you posted the Archie’s Girls Collection before it launched. I wish I knew about your blog before! Your writing and awesome photos make it even more fun to read!
I LOVE our logo by the way! I had to buy Aphrodite Pro so I could play around with the font.

My go-to eye shadow: my Mac neutral shadows in my ZPalette, but I just got the Lorac Pro so I’m loving that one too.

I’m loving this eyeshadow I’m using from my Go Palette: Beijing. I believe it’s in the 2nd row, 2nd column? It’s a purpley taupe shade, and in certain light it looks like it has a light golden kind of sheen to it. I don’t usually wear eyeshadow when I go out and about, but I loved how soft it is. Doesn’t look harsh at all! (:

Here’s a confession for you. When I get ready in mornings I often don’t give myself enough time for applying makeup. I get in these ruts where I’ll use the same makeup all week long; no smokey eyes or anything creative. I have this mad stash of amazing making that I barely dip into purely due to my crunch for time. Other people do that, right? It makes me feel guilty, like I’m hiding all these jewels and gems from myself. I think after your suggestion I’m going to sort through my stash and admire my jewels. â¤

Today I used the totalbeauty.com promo- $30 for $60 worth of NXY cosmetics. I’ve been lusting after the Butter Glosses ever since your review. Ended up getting a total of $80 worth and I can’t WAIT for it to come in the mail!!! Holla!

In these overcast wet days, a girls best friend is Smashbox… Such a mood maker….golden sparkles for fiery feel, elegant lavender with a touch of grey for cool vibes…bronze for bold strokes…. Feel like an artist expressing my within.

Hi Karen, I just recently discovered your blog and I absolutely love it! I’ve been an eyeliner junkie for years but I have found myself gradually getting more into lipsticks and eye shadows, not exactly helping the college budget haha.

Recently I discovered that I am obsessed with anything that even remotely smells like the beach. Even if it is just named after the beach, I must buy it and buy it now. It is a sickness, really! 😉
(This is what happens when your dearest husband moves you from a gulf coast beach town to rural Iowa).

It’s funny you should mention rediscovering old favorites because, like in your picture, for some reason I ALWAYS seem to forget about my favorite Nars duos (particularly Brousse and Earth Angel). Inevitable that I forget about them and then, after 6 or 7 months I rediscover them and always wonder why the heck I ever stopped using them 😛 It’s a vicious cycle 😛

Ah Sunday morning! I’ve fed the zoo, have a cat on my lap, and am reading your blog, and checking out YouTube beauty videos. This week I’ve really been enjoying Chanel’s Illusion d’Ombre in Emervielle with a nude-ish shimmer shadow on top. It’s a subtle eye look, and for me feels like Spring, and I’m so ready for Spring.

Currently preferring to wear hair down, but it’s in a chin-length bob. I would prefer to be able to wear it up again, but had several inches’ worth of really bad layers cut off a couple of months ago–a trade off that has been worth it overall.

Happy weekend! I tend to be the one hosting the potlucks, and then I make far too much food (we have an Academy Awards cooking/dinner party tonight, for which we’re making probably more than enough food for everyone…before others bring food…) But I’m going to try making some puff pastry appetizers with blue cheese, pear, and caramelized onions, see how that goes! And a crockpot-based risotto…

Hair down. For sure. I feel like I look like a little girl with my hair up. Weird, I know. But with my hair down I feel sexy and my age. Liquid eyeliner is my go to with gel close behind. Two fragrances come to mind when thinking of happy times: D&G Light Blue and Gucci Envy Me.

My favorite breakfast of all time is french toast with a side of bacon and sausages. You can’t go wrong with that. I love the color PINK and I prefer wearing my hair up 🙂 Thank you,this is such a great giveaway good luck to all!!!!!

Karen, have you seen the Bite Beauty high pigment matte pencils lately? I just noticed a gorgeous violet color pop up on the sephora website! Needless to say, I’m dying to get my hands on it! I’ve got a thing for purple lipstick lately!

Going through your “unsung heroes” I came a across Mac Ravishing lipstick. Went to my local Mac counter tried it on myself and immediately fell in love; I gotten quite a few complements wearing it too. Thanks Karen!!!!!!!!

I think I have an eyeshadow addiction! I just bought the Le Metier Melange de Colour palette, the Urban Decay Glinda, and now I’m going to buy Sephora’s Disney’s Jasmine collection! Colours galore! I can’t wait for the Estee Lauder you recently posted either…

My current all time favorite eye shadow would be the urban decay naked basics. I usually like more of the neutral shadows, but if I happen to win this giveaway, I would be so happy to try bright shadows!! Have a happy Sunday , Karen! 😉 Thank you!

I’m not ashamed to say I watched Titanic 10x when I was 13. I felt like such an adult showing my 8th grade ID to get into the theatre 😉 So yes, definitely my favorite chick flick- wait, is it considered a chick flick..? Romance, forbidden love, tears, overbearing mother, and a boat… Yup, definitely chick flick.

Hey!!
I was searching for a blog that reviewed high end makeup and low end stuff and i found you! I think it is your sense of humor which has landed this blog on my task bar.
I would use this gift card to finally indulge in a beautiful YSL lipstick. My lips have dark pigments and crease so easily, so it would be nice to finally have a beautiful pigmented red, a holy grail red.
Thank you so much for being such an entertaining blogger!
xoxo

Hi Karen, hope you are having a nice weekend. For spring and summer time pot lucks I always bring a cucumber and watermelon salad. It’s easy and delicious. Favorite chick flick is a toss up between Steel Magnolias and the Notebook.

Hi Karen! Just wanted to say hi and hope you had a great weekend!
I accidentlly ran across your website while looking for reviews tips and tricks, and lets just say when ever I have time this is the website Im on. Anyways the makeup card would be nice because I have been needing new makeup but havent been able to get it. Have a nice night and a wonderful rest of the week!
Tell Tabs I said hi! 🙂

Just got Ashley’s baptism and 4 month pictures done today with some formal family ones as well. They came out really well-she’s smiling in all of them this time instead of having a meltdown! Haven’t visited Sephora in a while though…definitely need to go and see what they have out. Soon.

Thanks you Karen & Tabs! I’ve been eying the Sephora Princess Jasmine collection! I love the names of all the colors in the eyeshadow palette! Would love to see a review on it if you ever get to it 😉 Have a happy Sunday!

What to bring to a potluck? Good question. I’m scoping out other comments, hoping to find some potluck ideas that I can borrow and try! I’d go with crunchy butternut squash “fries” – add cinnamon, finely ground coffee, and a wee bit of sugar – muah!

Howdy…I do a mean “green eye popping” look with Nars Kuala Lumpur (the “boysenberry” shade) on lids, Ondine in crease, and Bourbon Street to line. This makes my eyes look positively jade green. These shades have just enough gold and brown in them to keep it from looking as if someone capped you in the eye. 🙂Colleen recently posted … And all the rest is by the way

I’d like to lose 30lbs by summer. I’ve done it before. Only reason I gained it back was because I got put on medicine from being sick. 🙁
Also I like any kind of eyeliner. If I could only wear one kind of makeup it would be eyeliner.